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Dance Top 5: November 2024. Many premieres, mix rep programs and dance series for November! There is magic in the setting for Kokandy Productions’ fine and intimate telling of Stephen Sondheim’s 1986 musical “Into the Woods”—a tale of wishes, spells and deadly danger. Remy Bumppo’s “Dear Elizabeth” is a superb example of ...
Review: "The Marriage of Figaro" at Lyric Opera Chicago
12 小时之前 · Lyric’s “The Marriage of Figaro” is through November 30 at Lyric Opera House, 20 North Wacker Drive. Showtimes are November 9 and 13, 7pm; a matinee on November 17, 2pm; November 19, 7pm; matinees on November 21, 24, and 27, at 2pm; and November 30, 7pm. Tickets are available at lyricopera.org or by calling (312)827-5600.
Review: “Leroy and Lucy” at Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago
5 天之前 · The audience is like Leroy, unable to resist the temptation of beauty, wisdom and finding the sacred within. “Leroy and Lucy” is through December 15 at Steppenwolf’s Ensemble Theater, 1646 North Halsted. Showtimes are Tuesdays-Fridays at 7:30pm; Saturdays at 3pm and 7:30pm; and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $20-$92, available at steppenwolf ...
Understated Mystery: A Review of Gwydion Theatre Company’s …
4 天之前 · Marie/Francesca—given vivid life by Sydney Feldman as a girl and teenager, and played as a grownup with a more subdued, veiled quality by Talia Langman—is a poor girl from an abusive family, a low-caste Catholic in a chauvinistically Protestant village, who serves as the butt of her fellow students’ considerable cruelty.
The Verdon Fosse Legacy Teams Up with Hubbard Street Dance …
6 天之前 · Nicole Fosse, founder and artistic director of the Verdon Fosse Legacy, has been looking for a concert dance company to house her parents’ iconic work. Bob Fosse is perhaps the best-known choreographer on this continent—if not in name, then certainly aesthetics: slinky black costumes, bowler hats on tilted heads, slanting torsos and arms framing thrusting hips. Lucky for us in Chicago ...
Review: Royal Shakespeare Company's "Pericles" at Chicago …
2024年11月5日 · RECOMMENDED. “There’s a lot of crap happening in this play,” a nearby audience member muttered during intermission at “Pericles” on opening night. She wasn’t wrong. This production, visiting with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Chicago Shakespeare, is one many may not be familiar with. “Pericles” isn’t exactly “Hamlet” or ...
Players 50 2024: The Producers and Places | Newcity Stage
2024年1月9日 · Players 50 2024: The Music Makers. Players 50 2024: The Advocates and Changemakers. Players 50 2024: The Institutions. Players 50 2024: The Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts. Here are the Players from Chicago’s producers and places. Victor Alexander/Photo: Joe Mazza | brave lux. Victor Alexander.
Stage Top 5: January 2024 | Newcity Stage
2024年1月3日 · 1 Anything Goes (Porchlight Music Theatre) A ninetieth-anniversary production of Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook-filled classic. Starts January 13. 2 Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre) Emmy winner Dana Delany created and stars in the world premiere of this social media thriller. Starts January 20. 3 Champion (Lyric Opera) Terence Blanchard calls his first opera, based on a true story ...
Stage Top 5: February 2024 | Newcity Stage
2024年1月31日 · 1 Judy’s Life’s Work (Definition Theatre) Definition debuts its new Hyde Park space with a world premiere by onetime Newcity critic Loy A. Webb. Starts February 2. 2 Richard III (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) Edward Hall directs his first show as Chicago Shakes’ artistic director, starring Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan. Starts February 2. 3 a home what howls (or the house what was ...
Stage Top 5: November 2022 - Newcity Stage
2022年10月28日 · 1 Trouble in Mind (Timeline Theatre) Ron OJ Parsons directs the groundbreaking Alice Childress masterpiece of backstage drama and interracial dynamics. Starts November 2. 2 Melissa Villaseñor (The Den) The beloved former SNL cast-member brings her “Whoops” standup tour to town for three shows. November 4-5. 3 Don Carlos (Lyric Opera) The first full five-act staging ever at Lyric of Verdi ...